Combined pasteboard bassinet and doll



J. N. JOHNSON.

COMBINED PASTEBOAHD BASSINET AND DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED OCT, 28.1919.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

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JEANNETTE N. JOHNSON, (3F OMAHA, NEBRASKA.

COMBINED PASTEBOARD BASSINET AND DOLL.

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Application filed Detober 2S, 1919.

To all whom z' may concern.'

lie it known that l, .lnANNn'rTn N. Jol-1N- soiv, a citizen oi" theUnited States, residing at Omaha, in the county otDougla-s, State ofNebraska, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in CombinedPasteboard Bassinets and Dolls, of which the ollowing is a description,reference being had to the accompanying drawing and to the ligures ofreference marked thereon.

rlhe invention relates to new and useful improvements in a combinedpasteboard bassinet and doll, and more particularly to a bassinet havinga hood at one end thereof.

An object of the invention is to provide as an article of manufacture acardboard cut to shape and decorated to represent a covered bassinet,which cardboard is cut through in a continuous line along the upper edgeof the robe in the bassinet, a portion ot' the upper edge of thebassinet and a portion of the front edge ot the hood or cover so that acardboard doll may be inserted in said slot formed by the cutting of thecardboard bassinet, whereby a portion of the body of the doll isconcealed by the robe and the Jfront wall of the bassinet and a portionof the head of the doll is concealed by the hood or cover. thus givingthe appearance of a doll within the bassinet, said line of cuttingbeinea wholly within the limits of the cardboard bassinet whereby thespring ot the cardboard will clamp and hold the dell in place.

ln the drawings Figure l is a front view of a cardboard bassinet anddoll embodying my improvements;

Fig. 2 is a front view of a portion of the upper part of the bassinetshowing the doll as supported in an upright position therein; and

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view on the line 3-3 ot Fig. 1.

In carrying out the invention, a piece ot' comparatively still'cardboard is cut to shape and decorated to represent a bassinct having ahood or Icover at one end thereof. The bassinet is provided with thebasket portion 1 having wheels .2-2 and a hood or cover 3. l/Vithin thebassinet is a robe 4f.. Said bassinet is provided with decorations 5indicating; a woven-in ribbon passing through the bassinet. T he hood isalso provided with suitable ribbon decorations, indicated at 6.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1920.

Serial No. 334,044.

rlhe cardboard is cut along the line o o, which is the upper line ot'the robe within the bassinet. lt is noted that this line curvesupwardly,l as indicated at o, thus forming a shoulder in the line. Theupper edge of the bassinet is cut along the line a to c, while the hoodor cover is cut along the line from c to d. This line a to o and c to (Zis a continuous line, and said line lies wholly within the limits of thecardboard forming the bassinet. Said line of cutting extends from thepoint c toward the front of the hood or cover and toward the front ofthe bassinet, thus forming a tongue portion which may be sprungbackwardly to receive the cardboard doll, and the spring ot thecardboard will cause said projecting portion to clamp and hold the doll,as will be hereinafter more fully disclosed.

The cardboard doll consists in a body portion 7 having legs 8, which areindicated as in a drawn-up position, arms 9, and a head 10. Thecardboard doll is adapted 'to be inserted in the slot Jformed by thecutting of the cardboard forming the bassinet with the body portion, orthe greater portion thereof, hidden by the robe in the front wall of thebassinet, as clearly shown in Fig. l of the drawings. A portion ot' thehead is also hidden by the front part of the hood or cover so that, whenthe doll is in place, it will be lirmly clamped between the cut portionsot the cardboard forming the bassinet and will have the appearance of adoll being within the bassinet. At the same time, the doll may beremoved. from the bassinet and placed as indicated in Fig. 2, with thearms of the doll resting on the upper edge o'f the slot between a and band in front of the shoulder at b and with the body portion bearingagainst the edge of the hood along the line c-rZ and adjacent the pointc. This, together with the spring of the cardboard clamping thecardboard doll will hold the doll frmlv in this upright position.

From the above description, it will be apparent that I have provided acombined cardboard bassinet and doll wherein the doll may be placedrelative to the cut parts of the bassinet so as to have the appearanceof being within the bassinet, or may be placed in sitting position inthe bassinet and irmly held in such position.

lt is understood, of course, that the usual removable dresses havingtabs Ator holding the same on the body portion of the doll may beprovided. At the back of the cardboard forming the bassinet is a pocket11 which is formed by a sheet of paper 12 cemented at 13 and along itsside edges to the cardboard, leaving the upper edge thereof free. Asshown in Fig. 3 of the drawings, the body portion of the doll which isin rear of the robe and the side wall of the bassinet is within thispocket. This pocket may also be used to store the diierent dresses whichare to be used in connection with the cardboard doll, l

It is obvious that minor changes in the shaping of the parts andthe lineof cutting of the cardboard of the b/assinet may be made withoutdeparting from the spirit of the invention as set forth in the appendedclaim.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters-Patent is As an article of manufacture, a combinedcardboard bassinet and doll comprising, a

cardboard cut to shape and decorated to represent a hood coveredbassinet and a robe in the bassinet, said cardboard being cut through ina continuous line along the upper edge of the robe in the bassinet, aportion of the upper edge of the bassinet and a portion of the Jfrontedge of the hood, and adapted to receive in the slot formed by thecutting of said cardboard a cardboard doll shaped so that a portion ofthe body thereotis hidden by the robe and the front wall of the bassinetand a portion of the head may be hidden by the hood, thereby giving theappearance of a doll within the bassinet, said line of cutting lyingWholly within the limits of the cardboard forming the bassinet so thatthe cardboard doll will be clamped and held in place by the spring ofthe cardboard forming the bassinet.

In testimony whereof, I aiiiX my signa ture.

JEANNETTE N. JOHNSON.

